Loughborough University selects OCLC's WorldShare Management Services to support students and research
Research-intensive university joins global WorldShare library community
SHEFFIELD, UK, 29 September 2026—Loughborough University has selected OCLC's WorldShare Management Services as its new library services platform to support a superior student experience, advance research, and provide efficient, reliable access to its wide range of library content.
Loughborough is among the UK's leading universities, with an international reputation for research, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
WorldShare Management Services (WMS) is the library services platform that helps staff connect students and faculty to the print and electronic resources they need to achieve their goals.
A robust, effective system
"We selected WMS as a robust, effective system to support Loughborough's excellent student experience and research ambitions," said Helen Young, Deputy Director of Library Services at Loughborough University. "Having all our content resources fully integrated within a supplier-agnostic system will enable our users to access them quickly, reliably, and efficiently, along with smoothing our internal business processes. We are looking forward to working with OCLC's highly experienced and supportive staff on our implementation and are delighted to be joining the UK and global WMS communities."
Built with WorldCat as its foundation
WMS is a complete, cloud-based library services platform that brings together core library management workflows, including acquisitions, circulation, metadata management, analytics, and discovery. Built on OCLC's cooperative network and shared data, WMS helps libraries streamline operations, reduce the need for locally maintained infrastructure, and improve the discoverability of their collections.
Growing, global library community
"We are delighted to welcome Loughborough University to the growing WMS community in the UK and around the world," said Eric van Lubeek, Managing Director, EMEA & APAC, OCLC. "WMS is a great fit for Loughborough. It provides an integrated, flexible approach to managing library resources, while giving students and researchers access to the content they need."
About WorldShare Management Services
WMS is a cloud-based, integrated library management platform that connects local operations to a shared global data network with WorldCat as its foundation. The system supports:
- Acquisitions
- Cataloging and Metadata
- Circulation
- Discovery
- Interlibrary loan
- License management
About OCLC
OCLC is a nonprofit global library organization that provides shared technology services, original research and community programs so that libraries can better fuel learning, research and innovation. Through OCLC, member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the most comprehensive global network of data about library collections and services. Libraries gain efficiencies through OCLC’s WorldShare, a complete set of library management applications and services built on an open, cloud-based platform. It is through collaboration and sharing of the world’s collected knowledge that libraries can help people find answers they need to solve problems. Together as OCLC, member libraries, staff and partners make breakthroughs possible.
OCLC, WorldCat, and WorldShare are trademarks and/or service marks of OCLC, Inc. Third-party product, service and business names are trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners.
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